blurb.

Sarcasm. 

The slightly finer art of subtly insulting a person to his face. The tragedy of the situation manifests itself in the form of insipid individuals who fail to grasp the concept. It is an art form, honed over years with quick reflexes and rapier wit. Verbally disarming an opponent without the necessity of resorting to blows, stooping to the level of street ragamuffins.

- written in class on a prompt while waiting for pat. anat. to begin.

Back to November..?

 So i really appreciated all the support i got in november, and i (probably) wouldn't have been able to finish NaNoWriMo without all the support hence here is my thank you. 

Much as i hate people reading what i wrote (blogging aside), i know many people have asked me over and over again if they could read my novel. thank you for your patience in waiting all these months. i am sorta kinda cringing as i present it to you guys. 

Few things about my novel you should know. 

1. It's a fanfiction. if you don't know what that is, bless you, poor soul, go google it. 

2. It's a Castle fanfiction. So i know many people probably don't follow Castle, but i love it to bits and pieces. it's probably the one show i really fangirl over. Go watch it if you haven't. Go! but for those of you who won't watch it because you don't have the time or whatever, it's basically this best selling author (Rick Castle) who shadows a detective (Kate Beckett) and her team.

3. I completed it months ago, but i'm only editing it now, so i'll probably post chapters weekly as i go.

4. Review! If you liked it, a little encouragement goes a long way :) if you don't, i can take con-crit. that's how we improve. If you have an ff account, you could log in to review, otherwise you could just review anonymously or review under a fake name -- whatever strikes your fancy, really, but it would really mean a lot to me if you would review :) 

 So here's the summary on ff.net :- 

AU. Seems our detective has been keeping a secret all these years. Watch what happens when Castle finds out Beckett has a daughter and how they move on from there. Caskett.

Without further ado, i present to you Second Chance.

*scurries and hides somewhere

Some Nights

boo. i'm back :)

since i have a date with masha tmr and i'm probably gonna come home really emo and depressed, i'm gonna take this chance to let out whatever positive energy i have left in me. 

my winterbreak / euro-trip was f*cktastically awesome. will blog about that in detail in a few posts to come. i loveeeee europe. pretty people to see; prettier places to go <3 

thanks to moscow, i have no problem walking around and that's great, because in my opinion, that's the best way to discover a city :)

as a malaysian, it goes without saying that we love food. 

i'm so grateful that my mom parents sent me for dance and piano lessons since i was a kid, so i could really appreciate that as well. one memory that stands out was during a pipe organ concert at the St. Stephan's Basilica. they were performing a piece that i wasn't familiar with. however, i could try to guess which era it was from by its style and dynamics etc. going so far as to venture a guess as to who the composer might be, i checked the program listings, and Boo-YAH! i was right! wham bam double slam baby! Okay fine, so Bach is probably the first (and maybe only?) prominent composer that comes to mind when you think of baroque music, but i havent touched anything piano related in years, so i count it as an achievement that i still remembered some things ;)

three things that i really need to brush up on though. 

1. world history and geography. seriously, it's not funny how little we learn about the rest of the world. we spend so many years learning over and over and over again about malaysia and yes, i do agree it is borderlinely important-ish and it instills patriotism and all that nonsense but at the end of the day, i'm embarrassed by how little i know of the rest of the world.

2. architecture. SO many pretty buildings and sculptures. all i can do, is go "ooooooooo. prettyyyyyyyy." i know realistically i wont be able to learn about architecture as much as i would like, but i'd like to at least be able to know some distinguishing features from different eras etc. like how i recognized my music ;p

3. art. there are tons of museums Everywhere! alas, art museums aren't really malaysians' cup of tea, so i dont think i entered any. just saw a few exhibitions here and there i guess. i dont wanna turn into a pretentious hoity-toity snoot, but what's the harm in visiting a few galleries and looking at a few art works? even though as of now i know zilch about art. i know we learnt about art styles and stuff back in form 3, but who remembers that anyway? after this trip though, i do know that a fresco is painted on a wet surface, whereas a secco is done on a dry wall. 

oh and glass stained windows? they blow my mind away every. single. time. one good thing about being ignorant is that each time i enter a church or building or whatever, i get blown away easily. like some of my friends that have been to the vatican city says that everthing else pales in comparison. but i'm glad that in my naivete, i get to have my breath stolen over and over again ;)

wow. that was long. and here i was, hoping to just write a short blurp about my euro trip. moving on. happy chinese new year everyone :) yes, i do realize that it's already the second day of CNY, but please excuse my blur-ness. my whole family is off for a vacation somewhere in thailand, so my connection to CNY is pretty much gone. dont know when i'll be able to start celebrating again though. when my paternal grandma passed away, we were told that we couldnt celebrate CNY for three years. no word on my mom's side though... if they're not pantang, then i guess we can start celebrating the following year.. 

i am loathe to put away my laptop and go to bed because 1. i cough like a decrepit old woman whenever i lie down and 2. that means i have to prepare for tomorrow :(